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Currently, plans are in place to initiate a route between [[Shanghai]] and [[Beijing]] cutting travel time from 4 hours when utilizing high-speed bullet trains to under 90 minutes with the vacuum-tube transport traveling at {{cvt|1000|km/h|mph|round=50}}.<ref name="The-Star-March-2025"/>
==== South Korea ====
An agreement was signed in June 2017 to co-develop a hyperloop line between [[Seoul]] and [[Busan]], South Korea.<ref name=imeche20170719>{{cite news |url=http://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/investment-in-hyperloop-routes-speeds-up |title=Investment in hyperloop routes speeds up |first=Jørn |last=Madslien |publisher=Institute of Mechanical Engineers |___location=UK |date=19 July 2017 |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525055436/https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/investment-in-hyperloop-routes-speeds-up |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wired20170620>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-south-korea/ |title=South Korea Is Building a Hyperloop |first=Alex |last=Davies |magazine=Wired |___location=US |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018220418/https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-south-korea/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{update after|2018}} Tthe project was shelved in early 2024 after the Korean government withdrew public funding due to questions over the venture's economic viability.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2024/03/19/33ACLJSONFDPDJJMJ4JVFTPIVE/ |title=S. Korea ends Seoul-Busan dream train research over profit concerns, while China advances |first1=Jong-hyun |last1=Lee |first2=Hyun-a |last2=Yeom |work=The Chosun |___location=South Korea |date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2025-04-09}}</ref>
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